The Miss Hybrid series was done in 2007 and is a continuation of Ms. Aliabadi's work on exploring the different cultural expressions of freedom in restrictive regimes, especially in Iran.

These ladies sport a fashion that is different from the usually modest and often subdued attire of Middle Eastern women as portrayed by the media. Here the fashion and accessories are obviously western-inspired, colorfully vivid, and explicitly defiant, a combination that makes the whole get-up look somewhat ridiculous.

The emphasis of this particular fashion trend is placed on the bright blond dyed hair, colorful contact lenses and the odd looking nose tape which has become a must have piece of fashion.

A lot of the modern Iranian art often found their inspiration from the traditional art, something that was becoming all too common, according to Ms. Aliabadi. Instead of adding to this already saturated catalog of works, her photographs look towards a modern Iran with its vibrant and defiant youth.

These young women became the Miss Hybrids of Ms. Aliabadi's project, so called for the mixture of Iranian and Western lifestyles. These girls keep their veils but transform it from a shroud of modesty into an accessory of openness.

The fashion these girls choose to wear isn't necessarily for aesthetic reasons, but rather a statement about their beliefs. Indeed, this isn't just fashion for beauty, but fashion in defiance. They don't hide their individuality behind their hijab, instead, they flaunt it and show to the world their joie de vivre. And that is what makes these girls beautiful.

Indeed, this work is a natural continuation of her previous project entitled Freedom is Boring, Censorship is Fun, a title that would aptly fit this series.

You can find out more about Shirin Aliabadi and her Miss Hybrid Series here or here. If you happen to find more images of these Iranian girls dressed in the same fashion, leave a comment below and they will be included in this post.

@Astronomy Pirate and Dejch: From what I've read, the nose patches are also a cosmetic fad that has to do with the perception of these girls being able to afford or actually having undergone rhinoplasty.

The desire to be western also extends to trying to have a western nose.

and Astronomy Pirate, you're right, Afghanistan and Iran are worlds apart; I was just trying to find some link between the two posts.

The first and second girls look white to me. Are they Iranian? I've seen military photos of Iranian female soldiers and some of them look caucasian. Kinda like how Brazillian women can look white sometimes too.

These Hybrid girl pics are very interesting..and they look really exotic with the blond hair and different colored eyes, it's so different that the nose tape is part of this trend. I know it says their hair is dyed but they look like wigs. Cool post!

Nose on tape has become somewhat of a fashion statement to show off (or mimic the showing of) wealth. Cosmetic surgery, ie nose jobs, are popular in Iran, but are only available to those with money. Somehow this has morphed into bandade on nose.

These are photos to mock Western media's/commercialism's projecto-vomitting of beauty. Little do their exhibitors realize the irony of their self-loathing, suppressed sexual urges projected toward their authorities through transference.

nose jobs are popular in iran and wearing a nose tape is a fashion statement. Wierd I know, i don't get it either, but that's just how it is and that is why these girls are wearing those things on their nose.

The nose tape is worn after a nose job surgery, which is expensive, and therefore is a status symbol like and expensive jewelry. Weird it means " I had the money too fix my big nose and I'm not hiding it"

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If any of you are curious, blonde hair, blue eyes, fair skin and aquiline features are phenotypical traits found in all Indo-Aryan populations; which covers a number of ethnic groups. They are cousins of Europeans, like the Tocharians, and before the three separated on the Russian steppe they had all developed a propensity to produce fair blonde and red. Iranians of Iranian descent are, of course, not all blonde. But they tend to look at lot like Europeans, if you put them in European clothes. They (Iranians) are just as closely related to Germans or Frenchmen as the Italians are.

Many Iranians have a good deal of Turkic and Arab background, but the blonde/blue eyed trait is all over central and West Asian Indo-Iranian groups. The ancient Greeks remarked that the Sarmatians were tall, tended toward blonde, and good looking.